Every fourth girl born today is over 100 years old

Rising Life Expectancy: Every fourth girl born today turns 100
Life expectancy keeps rising. According to experts, about every fourth girl born this year is 100 years old. Nearly 90 percent will experience the year 2100. In boys, the numbers are much lower.

Life expectancy is rising and rising
People live much longer today than they did just a few decades ago. And life expectancy continues to rise. There are even researchers who think they can be increased tenfold. However, a study by scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine concluded that maximum life expectancy was limited to 115 years. German experts now report that many of those born today are 100 years old.

According to model calculations, about a quarter of the girls born this year will be 100 years old. The number of boys is much lower. (Image: Monkey Business / fotolia.com)

Many born today will experience the year 2100
The life expectancy of the Germans has reached a record level in recent years. And she will continue to rise.

"Of the girls born in 2016, nearly one-quarter of our model calculations are likely to experience the age of 100 years and even nearly 90 percent the year 2100. For boys, the comparable figures are one sixth or more than 82 percent, "explained Professor Dr. Eckart Bomsdorf from the Institute for Econometrics and Statistics at the University of Cologne in an interview with the German Institute for Pension Insurance (DIA).

Own life expectancy is intuitively set too low
Life expectancy is often underestimated, according to Prof. Bomsdorf. Many people would intuitively underestimate their own life expectancy by comparing the life span of their parents or grandparents for comparison, ignoring the increasing life expectancy from generation to generation.

The development of mortality in the future would also not be taken into account in the so-called "periodic table" as published, for example, by the Federal Statistical Office. According to these data, the life expectancy of newborns is currently around 83 years for girls and 78 years for boys.

"Based on our own model calculations, it can be assumed that the life expectancy of those born today is at least ten years higher," says Bomsdorf.

Impact on the pension
The expert also addressed the impact of increasing life expectancy on the labor market in the interview.

On the question of whether the retirement age should be postponed, said Professor Bomsdorf: "An adjustment is of course necessary. It can not work in the course of the expected demographic changes that we live longer and longer, but would like to work for less and less years. "

He said: "The pension at 67 was already a real step." (Ad)